From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor?= Boskovits Subject: bug#32916: font-awesome v5 build scripts are not free Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 11:27:34 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20181002191330.GA12909@jasmine.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a5465c05774fa6df" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51667) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g7dRt-0004ik-GH for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:28:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g7dRq-0003L9-7D for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:28:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:58866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g7dRq-0003KY-0P for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:28:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g7dRp-0000Qp-LO for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:28:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20181002191330.GA12909@jasmine.lan> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Leo Famulari Cc: 32916@debbugs.gnu.org --000000000000a5465c05774fa6df Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Leo Famulari ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. okt. 2.= , K, 21:14): > We have a package of font-awesome, currently at version 4.7.0. > > It's a very simple package, installing the files generated by upstream > rather than trying to rebuild them. > > As of version 5, the tools used to build the generated files are not > free: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D902981 > https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/13467 > > Is this a problem for us under the FSDG? Quoting the FSDG [0]: > > ------ > =E2=80=9CInformation for practical use=E2=80=9D includes software, docume= ntation, fonts, > and other data that has direct functional applications. It does not > include artistic works that have an aesthetic (rather than functional) > purpose, or statements of opinion or judgment. > > All information for practical use in a free distribution must be > available in source form. (=E2=80=9CSource=E2=80=9D means the form of the= information > that is preferred for making changes to it.) > ------ > > Since we don't have the form of the fonts that is preferred for making > changes to them, my interpretation is that we can't include font-awesome > version 5. > > What do you think? > > As far as I can see this is really a problem. It seems to me that Debian also came to that conclusion. > [0] > https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html > --000000000000a5465c05774fa6df Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Leo Famulari &= lt;leo@famulari.name> ezt =C3= =ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. okt. 2., K, 21:14):
We have a package of font-awesome, currently at version 4.7.0= .

It's a very simple package, installing the files generated by upstream<= br> rather than trying to rebuild them.

As of version 5, the tools used to build the generated files are not
free:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport= .cgi?bug=3D902981
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/= issues/13467

Is this a problem for us under the FSDG? Quoting the FSDG [0]:

------
=E2=80=9CInformation for practical use=E2=80=9D includes software, document= ation, fonts,
and other data that has direct functional applications. It does not
include artistic works that have an aesthetic (rather than functional)
purpose, or statements of opinion or judgment.

All information for practical use in a free distribution must be
available in source form. (=E2=80=9CSource=E2=80=9D means the form of the i= nformation
that is preferred for making changes to it.)
------

Since we don't have the form of the fonts that is preferred for making<= br> changes to them, my interpretation is that we can't include font-awesom= e
version 5.

What do you think?


As far as I can see this is really a p= roblem. It seems to me that Debian also came to that conclusion.
= =C2=A0
[0]
https://www.gnu.org/distros/f= ree-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html
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